Since I’m born on Leap Year I get asked all the time, “what the heck is leap year?”

Well according to Wikipedia: “A leap year is a year containing one additional day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year.”

Here’s some fun things that happen during a Leap Year:

A woman can propose

The United States Presidential Election is held

The Olympics

Did you know?

Leap Day goes back to the Roman Empire.

Babies born on 29 February are known as “leapers” or “leaplings.”

Your chances of being born on Leap Year are about 1 in 1,500.

Pros:

If you were born on Leap Year you get 1 dozen FREE cupcakes from Sprinkles! There are several other stores that give freebies too. Of course all I care about is the cupcakes… haha!

It’s fun to have a unique Birthday.

The years I don’t have a “real” Birthday we celebrate it all week long.

I’ll be able to say I’m 21 when I’m 84.

Cons:

Most “common” years people forget your Birthday. That always stunk in grade school!

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